Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-09-22
Local Items.
Moonlight cometh on apace.
The price Of butter slowly ADVANCES.

Moonlight cometh on apace.
The price Of butter slowly advances.
Union Bridges F.remans Fair and parad
last week was success.s
If you will smoke, smoke cigars. boys
please give up cigarettes they stink.
Miss Addie B. Lantz of Deerfeld. Md.
was the guest of Miss Maggie Roudabush
several days last week.
CALL AccErrED.-Rev. J. B. Focht, wit
preached . trial sermon in the Lutheran
church in this place has accepted a call from
the congregation In LewNtown, Pa.
Union Bridge is assessed for corporation
purposes, t<5O,OOO; this years levy is q
cents; revenue $l126. About Q cents, o.
$50 goes for water"
We have several hundred pounds of good
whole newspapers, exchanges, for sale cheap
They have accumulated upon our hands and
we arc anxious to get rid of them,
UPsET.-On very dark night last week
Mr.. Frank Hesson, in driving down the
mountain, got of the road and upset h't
bran-new buggy. Very slight injury was
done and nobody hurt.
The Frederick Nesrs says that DR.. Will
hanson of that town has purchased the
bankrupt stock Of Hughes, late druggist, for
DR.. ]. X. Waters, who will open drug
store in this place.
Will observer" kindly inform US in his
next letter of the population and business
interests Of Franklinvilleg We do not ask
more on the latter point than list Of names
and character OF the business.
WRITING SCHo oL.-Prof. Lantz opened .
writing school here on Monday evening last.
The class numbers II scholars and more are
expected to join. The professor is thorough-
ly qualified and perfectly reliable. See Bus
mess Local in another column.
We have had reported to US within day
or two the free use Of matches by boys too
small to know how to handle them, even
had they any business with them. Is there
no way that this most mischevious habit can
he broken up,
Mr., Geo. D. Keyser has all Of his machin.
cry in place and would be ready to begin
work, but one piece, the sand.papering ma.
chine does not come up to the requirements
and he will not keep it, but will re.
turn it and buy more perfect machine.
1t is Mr.. KS purpose to heat his entire
factory, in all three buildings, til steam
This is large and valuable business plant.
AT LAsT.-Work will begin at once upon
the construction Of the Water Company's
pipe line. After most vexatious and I'M
reasonable delay We will be able to 20 to
work with sufficient iron on hand and re-
liable promise of the arrival Of the balance
in time to save break in the work Of pipe
aging. The work can yet be completed be-
fore cold weather.
PRIMARY MEETING.-The republicans of
Mechanicstown Dist will meet in Rouzer's
Hall on Saturday Evening the Gath. Sept.
for the purpose Of selecting delegates to rep
resent the District in the County Convention
which meets IN Frederick City Saturday
Oct. LIST. for the purpose of nominating
County Officers also to elect Dist. Central
Committee A good attendance Is requested.
.By order of Committee.
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SLJpx's SHoP-TAe middle aged citizen can
not recall the time when "A Slick, Tailor first
graced the building on Main Ct. just thirty
years ago Mr.. Abednego Slick came to this
town and located in that building where
he remained until this summer, when the
property was sold to the Guardian Hose Co.
and he removed to Mr.. w. j. Freezes build.
Ing on Water street.
Our fertilizer men, Messrs Stocksdale and
Bussard and N. G. Croft are in the height
of the season we are pleased to know that
the ell-establishcd brands Of these two
manufacturers are recognized at their worth
by our people. They are as good as the best
and there is no reason why this community
should buy away from home, when we'll
known and reliable business men here at
home are asking for support.
Encourage home industry, friends T. is
she only way to benefit us all as people.
WHERE, o WHERE "A citizen of Kings
dale, Pa, known to US as q man Of muscular
jaw claimed some time ago to have invent
ed perpetual motion. Where O Where is
Hull's masheen?
A renowned doctor in the southern part
ofthis county had a perpetual motion ma
chine largely advertised some months ago,
Where, o Where is DR.. Gray's mechanical
wonderi
Now just as like as not both of these men
have been fooling with their machines and
have been fang into the middle Of next week
and the wheels of time will never catch up
to them. which will be bad for practical me-
chanics, rs illustrated by their tall imagin-
ings.
BURNED TO DEATH-On Monday after
noon, last six.year-old child of Mr.. Thomas
Brice, residing at the Ore Bank, one mile
south of this place, in the absence Of it's
father and mother, got the coal oil can,
which was full of oil, and held an ignited